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| 194665989 | adaptive radiation | evolution from a common ancestor that results in diverse species adapted to different environments | |
| 194665990 | biogeography | the large-scale geographic pattern in the distribution of species, and the causes and history of this distribution | |
| 194665991 | biome | a group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms | |
| 194665992 | biotic province | a geographical region inhabited by life forms of common ancestry bounded by barriers of life to other regions and the immigration of foreign species into that region | |
| 194665993 | chaparral | a dense scrubland found in areas with Mediterranean climate (a long, warm dry season, and a cooler rainy season | |
| 194665994 | convergent evolution | process by which unrelated organisms independently evolve similarities when adapting to similar environments | |
| 194665995 | divergent evolution | organisms coming from an original ancestor but then forming a new species over time because of changes in environment, etc | |
| 194665996 | ecological island | an area that is biologically isolated so that a species occurring within the area cannot mix with any other of the same species | |
| 194665997 | exotic species | species introduced into a new area, one in which it had not evolved | |
| 194665998 | realms | major biogeographic regions of Earth in which most animals have some common genetic heritage | |
| 194665999 | taiga | forest of cold climates, of high latitudes, and high altitudes; also known as a boreal forest | |
| 194666000 | taxa | categories that identify groups of living organisms based on evolutionary relationships or similarity of characters | |
| 194666001 | tundra | treeless arctic or alpine biome characterized by cold, harsh winters, a short growing season, and potential for frost any month of the year; vegetation includes low-growing perennial plants, mosses and lichens |
